Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Science Article 2 abstract On June 10, 1952, I found one egg of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) in the nest of a Mourning Dove (Zenaidura rnacrou~a) . The location of this nest was on the Cranbrook Estate in Bloomfield Township, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. WALTER P. NICKELL, Wilson bull. Vol. 66, […]
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Distribution and Status of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo(Coccyzus americanus) in Wyoming
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Science Article 4 abstract The future federal status of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) in NorthAmerica remains unclear. A petition was filed in 1986 to list the western subspecies (C. a.occidentalis) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service(USFWS) published a 12-month finding in 1998 stating that […]
EXTERNAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NEWLY HATCHED CUCKOOS (COCCYZUS AMERICANUS AND C. ERYTHROPTHALMUS)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Science Article 1 abstract This paper describes characters by which nestling Yellow-billed and Black-billed Cuckoos can be distinguished. It is based on a small collection that I made at Bloomington, Indiana, before I discovered Herrick’s paper. The nests from which I took the birds presented no anomalies. VAL NOLAN, JR., Condor(77)3:341 […]
Phylogeny of the cuckoo genus Coccyzus(Aves: Cuculidae): a test of monophyly
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Science Article 3 abstract Coccyzus comprises nine species of New World cuckoos (Aves: Cuculidae)that breed from southern Canada to central South America. The phylogeny of thisgenus was reconstructed using 2490 base pairs of the mitochondrial genes cytochromeoxidase II and III, and cytochrome b. Maximum likelihood, maximum parsimony,and Bayesian inference approaches produced […]
Ani Male Apparently Killed by Other Anis while Attempting to Parasitize Nest
Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) Science Article 1 abstract On 11 April 1981 I collected a dead male Smoothbilled Ani (Crotophagan i) under the nest tree of an ani group on Virginia Key, Dade County, Florida. The color-banded male was apparently killed by a anis while he and his mate attempted to parasitize their nest. ROBERT […]
Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani L.), a New Species of Bird for Ohio
Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) Science Article 2 abstract A smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani L.) is reported from Ohio for the first time. The specimen(CMNH 68471) also represents the first inland state record for the United States. Confirmation of specificidentity was obtained because of the significance of the record and some equivocal characteristics of thespecimen. Care […]
Phylogeny of the cuckoo genus Coccyzus(Aves: Cuculidae): a test of monophyly
Pearly-breasted Cuckoo (Coccyzus euleri) Science Article 1 abstract Coccyzus comprises nine species of New World cuckoos (Aves: Cuculidae)that breed from southern Canada to central South America. The phylogeny of thisgenus was reconstructed using 2490 base pairs of the mitochondrial genes cytochromeoxidase II and III, and cytochrome b. Maximum likelihood, maximum parsimony,and Bayesian inference approaches produced […]
Phylogeny of the cuckoo genus Coccyzus(Aves: Cuculidae): a test of monophyly
Pearly-breasted Cuckoo (Coccyzus euleri) Science Article 1 abstract Coccyzus comprises nine species of New World cuckoos (Aves: Cuculidae)that breed from southern Canada to central South America. The phylogeny of thisgenus was reconstructed using 2490 base pairs of the mitochondrial genes cytochromeoxidase II and III, and cytochrome b. Maximum likelihood, maximum parsimony,and Bayesian inference approaches produced […]
Erect Posture of the Young Black-billed Cuckoo: An Adaptation for Early Mobility in a Nomadic Species
Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) Science Article 2 abstract The vertical or perpendicular pose of the young Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzuse rythropthalmush) as been suggestedto function in concealing the young, implicitly from predators (e.g. Herrick 1910, Bent 1940). F. H. Kennard (in Bent 1940: 75-76) gives thefollowing description of a young Black-billed Cuckoo in this pose SPENCER […]
EXTERNAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NEWLY HATCHED CUCKOOS (COCCYZUS AMERICANUS AND C. ERYTHROPTHALMUS
Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) Science Article 3 abstract Yellow-billed Cuckoos (Coccyzus americanus) and Black-billed Cuckoos (C. erythropthalmus), although nonparasitic, do from time to time lay their eggs in the nests of each other and of various passerines VAL NOLAN, JR., Condor(77)3:341 Download article download full text (pdf)